Vocabulary

10 & Poetry Terms Quiz English 1 degenerate

Name _______________________________

implausible scrutiny

incoherent sinister

intercede suffice

intricate vulnerable

sanctuary

Part I. Use the words above to complete the following sentences. Each word will be used once. (2 points each) 1. ____________________ I forgot to study for this vocabulary quiz, so what I remember from our class review will have to ---. 2. ____________________ It was clear from the beginning of the movie that Angelas friend had --- intentions. She sabotaged one of Angelas school projects and secretly asked out Angelas boyfriend. 3. ____________________ After Jim fainted, he started telling --- stories about going on vacation with the tooth fairy and eating sea shells for dinner. He didnt start making sense again for a while. 4. ____________________ When my sister lost her television privileges because she broke curfew, I ---(ed) for her to convince my mom to let her watch the Grammys. 5. ____________________ Lucille gave me --- directions to get to get from Frankford to 69th Street; I had a difficult time following all the twists and turns. 6. ____________________ When I stopped doing my homework, my grade began to ---. Now I have to persevere to bring it up. 7. ____________________ Food safety officials checks restaurants with great ---, to ensure their facilities are clean and safe to prepare food. 8. ____________________ Listening to music is my ---. When I am upset, I go to my room, put on my headphones, and escape into my own safe world. 9. ____________________ My chess opponent put his queen in a --- position, leaving it open to attack from my bishop. 10. ____________________ It sounded --- when the weather forecaster said there would be a hurricane in Philadelphia in October. I didnt believe it until it happened!

Part II. Identifying Poetry Terms Match the terms on the left to the examples on the right. (2 points each) 11. _____ simile A. Id catch a grenade for you, you know Id do anything for you 12. _____ alliteration B. Mikes microphone made much music. 13. _____ couplet C. Im down like the economy D. Wherever I go, I make it pop 14. _____ hyperbole My parties are never flop 15. _____ onomatopoeia E. boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, he got that super bass Part III. Interpreting Poetry Match the terms on the left with the best definition on the right. (1 point each) 16. _____ allusion A. No rules poetry! Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme 17. _____ metaphor B. A type of poem that tells a story 18. _____ stanza C. A repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines 19. _____ extended metaphor D. Poetry that does not tell a story but is 20. _____ lyric poem aimed only at expressing a speakers emotions or thoughts 21. _____ narrative poem E. The voice or person that is talking to the 22. _____ haiku reader in a poem F. The paragraph of a poem; a group of 23. _____ refrain consecutive lines in a poem that form a 24. _____ speaker single unit G. A comparison in which one thing is said to 25. _____ free verse be something else H. A reference to a person, place or event outside of the poem (typically from literature, history, religion, mythology, pop culture, etc.) I. A comparison that is developed over several lines or throughout an entire poem J. A form of poetry popular in Japan that consists of three lines and seventeen syllables.